Today, our Project Manager and Electronics lead, Tom and George, were lucky enough to be invited to BBC Radio Bristol to be interviewed on the John Darvall show. They spoke about their experience working on Pathfinder and going to the European Space Agency to conduct an environmental testing campaign. If you weren’t able to catch …
Now this is a juicy one and one that I know you have all been waiting for! As you may or may not know, our payload’s thermal infrared camera is a FLIR Tau 2 and this is covered under something called dual-use. This is essentially something that is used in both commercial and military applications …
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Whilst UoBSat’s vibration campaign ended 2 weeks ago now, we have been busy going over some of the footage that was taken of our tests and we are so excited to be able to share this with you! This one was worth the wait! Days 4 and 5 of the vibration campaign saw the exciting …
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Hello again from the thermal testing team at the ESA CubeSat Support Facility, Belgium. After suiting up for the cleanroom again we began the day with our first functional test in vacuum. This was a Very Reduced Functional Test (VRFT) that was designed to simulate the sequence of operations PROVE will perform while in orbit. …
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Good morning from the thermal testing team of PROVE Pathfinder from ESA’s CubeSat Support Facility in Belgium! On Tuesday (11th April) we arrived on site ready to get our payload out of the oven and start our campaign. Following a safety briefing, we got into clean room attire in a process we’re becoming very familiar …
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Following on from the vibration testing of the last week, the vibrations team has been swapped for the thermal team. The last thing that the vibration team did before leaving was to put PROVE Pathfinder into an oven for a bakeout – taken to a low vacuum and held at a steady temperature for a …
Following on from our last update, the team have been hard at work completing the setup for the start of the vibration testing. Days 2-3 saw the team complete their inspections and functional tests on PROVE. It was noticed that the TIR lens wasn’t fully secure, this could have been dislodged in transport or the …
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Good morning from the PROVE Pathfinder vibrations team! After a successful journey from Bristol, Pathfinder has made its way to Belgium! Today the team spent their time setting up. The morning consisted of a safety briefing and catching up with the Fly Your Satellite! colleagues that we have come to know well over the last …
PROVE Pathfinder is delighted to announce we have successfully been given the ‘Green Light’ for our testing campaign at ESA’s CubeSat Support Facility in ESEC-Galaxia in Belgium with the Fly Your Satellite! Testing Opportunities programme of the Education Office of the European Space Agency. Over the coming weeks we will be giving updates on the …